Providence, RI, USA, 17 October 2012 – It was a brisk and bright morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove along the Charles River out of Boston on the way to Providence, Rhode Island today. All along the route the trees wore an array of autumn colours. His first engagement on arrival in (...)
[Forum 2000] The Forum 2000 Foundation is delighted to announce that Aung San Suu Kyi and His Holiness the Dalai Lama have joined its International Advisory Board. Both of them will now join the existing members of the committee, namely the former President of South Africa Frederik Willem de (...)
BOSTON: The Central Tibetan Administration has placed a special emphasis on recruiting and supporting more Tibetan students to top universities and graduate schools, in hopes of increasing the number of experts of Tibetan origin across many academic and professional fields. As part of this (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today organised a prayer service at the main temple here, to mourn and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, including 52-year-old Tamdin Dorjee. Tamdin Dorjee, grandfather of the 7th Gungthang (...)
After the Nobel Peace Prize win in 1989, the Tibetan struggle for freedom and justice got another major shot in the arm on this day in 2007 with the conferment of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award of the US, on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Ms Nancy Pelosi, the then (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans living in northeastern India last week joined a group of 47 Indian supporters from seven different states of India for a peace rally to Tawang, a border town situated between Tibet and India. It was organised by Bharat Tibet Sayog Manch to urge the Chinese government to (...)
Boston, MA, USA, 16 October 2012 – The Prajnopaya Institute of Buddhist Studies invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to teach Kamalashila’s Middle Stages of Meditation at MIT. He began with the observation that we can develop genuine harmony between our various religious traditions on the basis of (...)
By LOUISE WATT BEIJING (AP) 16 Oct – People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy. Chinese citizens have become far more concerned about domestic (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The State Department says the US ambassador to China last month visited Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet where most of the self-immolations by Tibetans in protest against the Chinese government’s repressive policies have taken place. Ambassador Gary Locke met with government officials (...)